Is this legal or not (SBR type question)

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Is it illegal to have SBR uppers if you own no lowers?

No. But just to cover yourself, if you ever go to buy a lower make sure you have them register it as a "Pistol" or "other". Even if your intention is to make a SBR, because then you will always have the option to make it a pistol.
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No. But just to cover yourself, if you ever go to buy a lower make sure you have them register it as a "Pistol" or "other". Even if your intention is to make a SBR, because then you will always have the option to make it a pistol.
Once a rifle always a rifle.

How do you "register" a lower without going through NFA?
 

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He means it should be marked as a pistol on the 4473, but that doesn't work anymore. It should be marked as 'other' and can be built into a rifle or a pistol.

Would it be better to mark all your lowers as other so you could use it for either?
Or would that cause different problems?
 

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If they are a bare receiver they should be marked as other by the FFL. This is the reason the option was added to the 4473. It really isn't a rifle or a pistol, and can be built into either. So you have to be 21 now to get a stripped receiver of any kind through a FFL.
 

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Would it be better to mark all your lowers as other so you could use it for either?
Or would that cause different problems?

Sure, but only at first purchase. Once a rifle stock has been attached, it is a rifle, no matter how it's marked. It can never be used as a pistol again.
 

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